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The Forgotten Homeland: A Century Foundation Task Force Report
Richard A. Clarke, Rand Beers, et al., The Century Foundation, 6/29/2006
In a new report from a task force chaired by Richard A. Clarke and Rand Beers, leading homeland security experts analyze the nation’s most significant vulnerabilities and propose strategies to reduce them.
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Defeating the Jihadists: A Blueprint for Action
Richard A. Clarke, et al., Century Foundation Press, 11/16/2005
A task force of prominent terrorism experts presents a comprehensive plan for fighting global terrorism.
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The Department of Homeland Security’s First Year
Donald F. Kettl, The Century Foundation, 3/4/2004
Prominent experts grade the Department of Homeland Security’s progress on issues of aviation security, intelligence, immigration, and state and local coordination.
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Homeland Security Watch: Dissecting the Budget Proposals
Thad Hall, The Century Foundation, 2/5/2004
Details on homeland security funding in the President’s ’05 budget; two major new reports criticize preparedness efforts.
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Homeland Security Watch: October 2003
Thad Hall, The Century Foundation, 10/22/2003
New reports illustrate fault lines in first responder capabilities; what’s in the 2004 Homeland Security Appropriations bill.
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Homeland Security Watch: June 2003
Thad Hall, The Century Foundation, 6/12/2003
The Patriot Act renewal controversy and the White House “Bioshield” proposal.
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Homeland Security Watch: April 2003
Thad Hall, The Century Foundation, 4/24/2003
Funding first responders, making sense of homeland security strategy documents, new homeland security bills in Congress.
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Homeland Security Watch: March 2003
Thad Hall, The Century Foundation, 3/6/2003
Homeland security in the 2004 budget; what to make of “Patriot Act II”.
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Homeland Security Watch: February 2003
Thad Hall, The Century Foundation, 2/12/2003
The state of DHS: the budget, congressional oversight, appointments, and the search for a headquarters.
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The New Homeland Security Agency and Whistleblowers
Tova Andrea Wang, The Century Foundation, 9/14/2002
The debate over whether employees of the DHS should have strong “whistleblower” protections against potential reprisals for disclosing evidence of government wrongdoing.
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We Must Do This One Right
John Podesta, Kenneth Duberstein, Washington Post, 7/28/2002
The House’s passage of legislation creating a new Department of Homeland Security is no cause for complacency.
Visa Tracking
Thad Hall, Anthony Sutton, The Century Foundation, 7/23/2002
Considering the impact of a full visa-tracking system.
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The Department of Homeland Security
Gregory F. Treverton, Donald F. Kettl, The Century Foundation, 7/23/2002
The president’s idea of a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ought to be streamlined so that it creates a stronger and more coherent department, one focused on operations and analysis.
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Organizing for Homeland Security: Rethinking the Ends and Means
Stephen E. Flynn, The Century Foundation, 7/16/2002
Stephen Flynn uses the case of port security to argue for a risk-management based approach to homeland security planning.
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The Debate Over Federal Insurance Against Terrorism
Bernard Wasow, The Century Foundation, 5/10/2002
Explores the insurance industry, the reason for the post-September 11 collapse of the market for terrorism coverage, and the public policy challenges this presents.
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The Debate Over the North American Security Perimeter
Tova Andrea Wang, The Century Foundation, 5/10/2002
This brief explores the issues involved with more rigorous border controls in North America and evaluates several proposals for increasing continental security integration.
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Securing U.S. Nuclear Power Plants and Radioactive Materials Against Terrorism
Leif Wellington Haase, The Century Foundation, 5/10/2002
An analysis of the threats to American nuclear power plants and waste sites and recommendations for preventing nuclear terrorism.
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Enhancing Homeland Security: Organizational Options
I.M. “Mac” Destler, Ivo Daalder, The Century Foundation, 4/15/2002
The September 11 attacks in New York and Washington demonstrated that the U.S. government was not well organized to deal with the new threat of catastrophic terrorism.
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